Avangard Stadium () is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a design philosophy that stres ...

Vyborg Vyborg (; , ; , ; , ) is a town and the administrative center of Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Karelian Isthmus near the head of Vyborg Bay, northwest of St. Petersburg, east of the Finnish capital H ...

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. It was completed in 1933 by the design of the Finnish architect

Uno Ullberg Uno Werner Ullberg (15 February 1879 in Vyborg, Viipuri – 12 January 1944 in Helsinki) was a famous Finnish architect. Background Educated in Helsinki, Ullberg returned to his home town Viipuri in 1906. He drew most of his buildings in Viipu ...

History

Avangard Stadium was opened in 1933 as ''Viipurin keskusurheilukenttä'', the ″Vyborg Central Sports Stadium″, when Vyborg was a part of

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. The stadium had a main stand with 5,500 seats, and a standing section for more than 10,000 spectators. It was considered as the most modern sports stadium in Finland. Vyborg stadium was the home ground of the football club Sudet, and hosted the 1937 Finnish Championships in Athletics. It was also planned as a venue for the football matches of the cancelled

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. The stadium was severely damaged in the

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. After the war, Vyborg was ceded to the

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, and the renovated stadium was renamed as Avangard Stadium.

References

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